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More than being reticent, Romney was at first far from sold on a second presidential run. Haunted by his 2008 loss, he initially told his family he would not do it. While candidates often try to portray themselves as reluctant, Tagg insisted his father’s stance was genuine. “He wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life. He had no desire to . . . run,” said Tagg, who worked with his mother, Ann, to persuade his father to seek the presidency. “If he could have found someone else to take his place . . . he would have been ecstatic to step aside. He is a very private person who loves his family deeply and wants to be with them, but he has deep faith in God and he loves his country, but he doesn’t love the attention.”

If he didn't want to be president, then why was he so amazed and distraught when he lost?

Seems he would be celebrating his own defeat since he "had no desire to run" and "wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life." And if he'd have been "ecstatic to step aside" then why didn't he?

Also appearing was the Romneys' son Josh, who was asked about brother Tagg's joke after this week's contentious debate that he wanted to "take a swing at" President Barack Obama. Josh Romney said as someone who's been slugged by Tagg, he can assure Obama he has nothing to worry about.

So all Josh felt he needed to address was the potential effectiveness of a Tagg assault, not President Obama's safety, not the idea that Tagg wanted to attack the president of the United States with fists instead of words, not the hypocrisy of the Family Values Romney clan, and not the lack of morality, judgment, and respect of his brother's reckless statement.

Just a little something Tagg Romney let slip on the Bill LuMaye Show. You can hear the entire segment here.

Host:

"What is it like for you to hear the president of the United States call your dad a liar? How do you react to that?"

Tagg Romney:

"Well jump out of your seat and you want to rush down to the debate stage and take a swing at him."

Tagg goes on to say, " But you know you can't do that because, well, first there's a lot of secret service agents between you and him..."

Those family values just ooze out of the Romneys, don't they?

H/t: @MikeNellis

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